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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, ' MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1909.
oltfJEWS OF THE' NEIGH
BORS
DAVENPORT
Will Provides for Old Citizen Here.
D. B. McGregor "of Londonderry, N. H.,
f has written Chief of Police Atkinson
requesting that he communicate with
Frank Cromble and Etta V. Stearns,
who ere believed to be missing benefl
olarieB of the fortune of Fred W. Che
ney of that city. Mr. McGregor, who
ti the executor of the Cheney; will, was
nstxooted by the document to divide
e fortune among stipulated relatives.
e was recently reading a Davenport
paper when he noticed an obituary of
'Adeline C Cromble, and recognized in
her a sister of the dead man. Ha
thereupon communicated with the au-
tthorities here. Etta V. Stearns and
pFrank Cromble are the children of
kilrs. Adeline C. Cromble, lately de
ceased. It is said that they resided at
Twelfth and Tremont when living in
LDorenport. The daughter, and son,
-however, have not lived in Davenport
for. some time, the former being a res
ident of Des Moines and the latter
Fllvtag In Atlantic, Iowa.
Narrow Escape on River. Captain
C. W. Schricker, president of the Iowa
"Wood & Land company and one of the
best known rivermen on the upper Mis
sissippi, had a close call as well as a
thrilling experience Friday afternoon
which he does not care to repeat in a
life-time, even though he lives to be
a hundred years ojd. Captain Schrick-
er was superintending the loading of
an Ice barge with cord wood near the
rvlcinltv of Faimort some miles down
fthe river, when he broke through the
Ice and was thrown into the chilly
waters. He was obliged to swim a dis
tance of several hundred feet before
reaching solid ice again, and then it
was with great difficulty that he was
enabled to climb out of the water, as
the edges of the ice would give""away
the instant he endeavored to raise his
( weight upon It, When well nigh ex
hausted .Captain Schricker succeeded
in getting out of the stream, which
man Brofe. of Wllliamsport, Pa. This
Arm presented the lowest bid of the
three 'which were filed for the Job.
The contract price is $59,268. The offi
cial notification states that the con
tractors have filed their bonds and will
begin work as ' soon as possible. A
superintendent of construction will be
appointed by the department within
the next few days, and he ana tne con
tractors will come to Davenport at
once to look over the ground and to
make arrangements for the commence
ment of work on the extension. The
addition must be completed by Jan. 1,
1911.
Christmas Overcoat Stolen. Christ
mas was not a very-merry day for W.
H. Meyer of 1103 West Third street,
who is employed by the city. A few
days ago Mr. Meyer received a good
overcoat for a Christmas gift, and felt
much elated over the matter. Christ
mas morning when he awoke and found
several inches of enow on the ground,
he saw a chance to earn some money to
help pay Christmas expenses, and so
made his way to the city hall. Barney
McMahon, the street commissioner, set
him to work shoveling crossings on
Second street. At Second and Main
he laid the coat down on the corner, as
it wa3 too warm to work in it, and
while he was busy some miscreant
came along and carried the coat off.
Mr. Meyer discovered his loss a few
moments later when he came back for
the coat, and notified the police, but so
far they have been unable to get any
track of the garment.
Cohen Verdict Reduced. An opinion
from Judge Barker of the Scott coun
ty district court has been received In
the case of Sidney Cohen vs. Gorman
& Harrison. Cohen lost a grip that he
left at the hotel and brought suit to
recover. The jury awarded Cohen a
verdict for $474 and a motion for a
new trial was immediately filed and
the motion argued later. In Judge
Barker's opinion he states that he
thinks the verdict is excessive, and he
therefore cuts off $149, leaving the
Thursday at his home, 524 Lincoln aveJ
nue at the age of 40 years, after a pro
longed illness. He was born in Rock
Island in October, 1869, and was mar
ried, in 1897 to Miss Albina Ahrens.
His father, Charles V. Bade, Sr., and
two children, Earl and Ahrens, sur
vive. He was a prominent member of
Rock Island camp 29, of the Modern
Woodmen of America. The funeral was
held from the late residence, 524 Lin
coln avenue, Sunday afternoon at 1
o'clock.
SHIPPERS ASKED TO HELP
Aid
Schricker is a man of great
' . and an expert swimmer, he midoubted-
ly would have spent Christmas day at
the bottom of the river instead of be-
Ing with his happy family circle on
J Rockingham road.
Grain Dealers' Association Seeks
in Relieving Car Shortage.
The Illinois Grain Dealers' associa
tion, sent out this week from its head
quarters in Pontiac the following let
ter relative to the freight blockade on
the railroads and asking that the gmin
men do what they caa 'to relieve ft:
Dear sir: In view of the present
shortage of cars, shippers should tise
their best efforts in every way to as
sist the railroads, by only ordering the
exact number of cars which they need
for immediate use.
Also shippers are advised to order
cars in writing, keeping a duplicate of
the order, to the end, that they may
have this evidence as a basis for mak
ing claim in case of damage or loss
on account of grain getting out of
condition, or the market price becom
ing lower.
It is feared that the railroads will
first care for through or competitive
business, and allow local business to
wait. It will be well to protest to the
agent at your station against such
methods.
A meeting between a committee
from the Freight Claim Agents' asso
ciation and a committee fro the Illi
nois Grain Dealers' association was
held the loth instant in Chicago, and
a tentative arrangement made which
will be more fully reported as soon as
the matters there with can be worked
out; but the members will find that
their claims will be collected very
much sooner by filing them through
the claims department.
Write me If you desire information
In reference to any claims which yoif
wish to have collected.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and
i Happy New Year. I remain respect
fully yours, S. W. STRONG.
Secretary.
vitality on notes it was claimed Mr. Quir.n en-' A, . . ..... . . . j -. '
; dorsed and according to the decision nnmindfu, of dampness. drafts, storms
; the estate must payjhe indebtedness. , or j Atkmg ,vofW ag n,ght
I , . ' ) watchman, at Banner Springs, Tenn.
I was heavily blocked with broken ice, I plaintiff $325, which he must either
'and as taken to the; railway station : accept or the judge will grant a motion
at that point. Here he was warmed i for a new trial. In the case of the Se
out, given dry clothes and returned to j curlty Savings bank vs. the James
' Davenport on the afte rnoon train, none ; Quinn estate. Judge Barker handed
,'the worse for his harrov.iig experi-' down a decision finding for the plain
' ence. But for the fact that Captain ; tiff. The bank sued to recover money
MOLINE
' Haley Prospering. Jack Haley, a
former well known know Davenport
j printer, being employed for a number
,-of years in the Democrat composing
; room, is now one of the leading c iti-
zens of Minden. Iowa. He is proprietor
. and publisher of the Minden Review
Lr.eth. wife of Johann Lu?th of Fish
ertown, died Friday night at 9:31
o'clock at her home'as the result of a
prolonged illness from a complication
of diseases at the age of 77 years, 2
months and 18 days. She.waa born in
Berlin, Gut Lamshagen, Germany. Oct.
(I. 1S32, ar.d married in the old coun
try. In the year 1S57 she came with
j Such exposure gave him a severe cold
! that settled on his lungs. At last he
j had to give up" his work. He tried j
many remedies, nut a:i railed, tin ne :
used Dr. King's New Discovery. "Af
ter using one bottle," he writes, "I
went back to work as well as ever."
Severe colds, stubborn coughs, inflam
ed throats and sore lungs, hemorrhages.
as medicine. 50 cents and $1. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists.
rrnun and whoonine coueh cet auick i
and controls an excellent job efflce in : her husband to America, coming direct elief ami prompt cure from this glo- '
: connection witn nis newspaper plant, to uavenporr, wnere sap naa maue r.er rioug
Jack is prospering and enjoying life to j home Fince. beverai years ago tuey
the fullest extent. In a letter to a i celebrated their golden wedding anni
Davencorter he sends Christmas ereet- I versary. Besides her husband, five
' ings to his many friends here. j children. Mrs. Minnie Wahe. Ernest , The greatest danger from Influenza
o and Theodore I.euth. Mrs. Lizzie Wahe ; is of its resulting in pneumonia. This
and Mrs. Alviua Gripp. 15 grand-chil- j can be obviated by using Chambc?r-
dren and seven great-grand-children, ; Icin'a Cough Remedy, as it not only !
survive. The funeral was held from i cures influenza, but counteracts an
Let Contract fcr Addition. Postmas
ter Bryson has been officially notified
that the contract for the new addition
to the Davenport postoffice has been! the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, i tendency of the disease towards pnei-
warded at Washington, D. C, to Har- ! Charles W. Bade, Jr., passed away : monia. Sold by all druggist
Asks $10,000 for Injuries. The prae
cipe in a $10,000 suit for damages
against the Mollne Wagon company
was filed in the circuit court by Attor
ney Walter G. Baker in behalf of Vic
tor Phillipson of Moline. The suit is
the result of injuries received by Phil
lipson six years ago while in the em
ploy of the wagon company. He was
only 14 years old at the time. Phil
lipson alleges that he was carrying a
number of wheels on an elevator from
the first to the second floor, when the
cable broke, causing the elevator to
drop to the bottom of the shaft. He
claims to have received injuries for
life.
$75,000 for Additions. The Mandt
Wagon company of Stoughton, a branch
of the Mollne Plow company, is erect
ing buildings and additions to its plant
costing about $75,000, including a foun
dry, an addition to the spreader build
ing a new power house and a new shop.
The foundry will be built of brick and
steel, and its measurements will be 80
by 200 feet. The power house, which
will cost about $25,000, Including equip
ment, will be 51 by 121 feet In dimen
sions and be constructed of brick. The
spreader department is to be increas
ed one-third in capacity, and a three-
story brick and frame work shop also
is to be erected.
Remembers Wives of Dead Members.
Manufacturers lodge of Odd Fellows
has made 11 widows of former mer
bers of this lodge happy. It is the
custom of this lodge to give $5 in cash
to all the widows of members of this
lodge, and at its last meeting that
amount was voted to each of 11 wo
men. Water Shows 99.83 Per Cent Effi
ciency. "Analysis of water from the
Moline filter plant, made last week in
the laboratory of the state water sur
vey at Urbana, showed an efficiency
of 99.83 per cent." This is the state
ment made here by Frank Bachmann,
assistant to Dr. Bartow, who has been
sent here to spend the holiday week
making further tests on hypochlorida
as an aid in water filtration. The use
of hypochlorite was introduced here
about a month ago by Dr. Bartow.
During hig stay Dr. Bachmanu will in
stall a laboratory that will make it
possible for Magnus Olson, superin
tendent of the waterworks, to make
daily tests liere on the efficiency of the
water, wit.nout the necessity of sending
samples to Frbana. Tests, at stated
intervals, will be made, however, in
the state water survey laboratory.
"The best filter plants in the country
are not turning out water averaging
better than 98. 5 per cent in efficiency,"
says Mr. Bachmann. "The last sample
of raw water from the Mississippi river
at Moline showed in tests in the state
water survey laboratory 2,400 bacteria
per cubic centimeter. The filtered
water showed four bacteria per cubic
centimenter. Total elimination of
bacteria would give water with an effi
ciency of 100 per cent. Water with
all the bacteria but four removed
gives an efficiency of 99.83 per cent.
In the last samples of filtered water
from Moline no pathegenlc or disease
forming bacteria were found, though
there were many of these pathegenlc
bacteria present in the sample of raw
water. We have Installed the 'hypo'
method In Qulncy and Kankakee, as
well as in Moline, and in all three
plants we are getting water of high
efficiency. At two seasons of the year
fall and spring, when leaves fall into
the river the water becomes stained.
It is impossible to remove this color,
though it may be, and is, considerably
reduced. This color, however, is atbso
lutely harmlessr As a matter of fact,
anything In water that is discernable
to the naked eye is harmless."
Crowder Named Deputy. Bert Crow
der has been appointed deputy to the
grand master of Moline lodge No. 133,
I. O. O. F. He received word of his
appointment Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Crowder has been a member of the
Odd Fellows order more than 30 years
and has worked untiringly In promot
ing its welfare. The appointment
comes as a recognition of his valuable
services.
Obituary Record. Frank P. Holm
died at his home, 1811 Second avenue,
Saturday, of complications. He had
been ill for 10 weeks and for the past
few days all hope of his recovery had
been given .up. - He was born May 11,
1852, in Smoland, Sweden, and came
to this country when quite young. He
leaves beside his widow, three chil
dren, two married sons, Charles and
Axel of this city, and Miss Hannah, at
home. The funeral will be held Tues
day afternoon from the home.
A SWIFT STORY.
The Way ths Dean Rebuked His Pub
lisher, Faulkner.
An amusing story of George Faulk
ner, the printer of many of Dean
Swift's works, who lived in Parliament
street. Dublin, is told by Mr. Wil
mot narrison iu "Memorable Dubllr
Houses." Mr. Harrison relates how
Faulkner, after a visit to Loudon or
business for Swift, called to see the
dean; having arrayed himself In a laced
waistcoat, a bagwig and other fopper
ies. Swift received him ceremoniously
as an entire stranger and asked:
"Pray, sir, what are your commands
with me?"
"I thought it ny duty to wait upon
you, sir, on my return from London."
"Pray, sir. who are you?"
"George Faulkner, the printer."
"You George Faulkner, the printer:
Why, thou art the most ' impudent,
barefaced impostor I ever heard of.
George Faulkner is a sober, sedate citi
zen and would never trick himself out
in lace and other fopperies. Get you
about your business and thank your
stars that I do not send you to the
bouse of correction !'
Poor George returned home and,
having changed his dress, returned to
the deanery and was received most
cordially by Swift, who, having wel
comed him "on his return from Lon
don." said:
"There was an impudent fellow in a
laced waistcoat who would fain have
passed for you, but I soon sent him
packing with a flea in his ear."
Many persons find themselves af
fected with a persistent cough after
an attack of influenza. As this cough
can be promptly cured by the use of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it
should not be allowta to run on until
ft becomes troublesome. Sold by all
druggists.
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- XL
t you
erlni
vital.
Health Means Power
And Power Means Success
strong heart
ana . bounding
pulse, these are
the basis of the
powers' that
make people
and nations
great. Courage,
e n t b u s I asm,
hope, these are
the qualities
that win! If
d i g e a tion is
weak, your liv
er balky, your
bowels are coq.
stipated; if you
are suffer!
from lost ylt;
ity. nervou1
bility pains
aches. yon,
won't radiate
.much sunshine,
and you'll keep
at the tall end
of the procession. Why not use a little reason about the care of
your body? When you get fangled up inside, when you feel that
your vitality 1b playing out, why not use Electricity? Electricity,
properly applied, will overcome your weakness put strength into
every organ of your body overcome your pains and aches, give
you strength and courage and put you In the rank of winners.
A vast army of doctors are trying to do what they can in making
strong people out of wrecks. They use today the same drugs that
.they used a century ago, but it alone has proven insufficient. Elec
tricity properly applied, Is doing more today in restoring physical
Manhood and Womanhood than all the drugs put together.
Free Treatment Notice
On account of the fact of Dr. Bartz having received numeroni
requests from many patients In and out of the city, begging for &n
extension of the free treatment offer, for the simple reason that
they were afraid to call on him during the first few months, think
ing he had come to stay but a few weeks. However, as this Is hU
permanent borne, and being anxious to prove to every sick and all.
ing person reading this paper that be possesses the Grandest, Sim
plest and Most Successful method of restoring vitality and curing
disease that is known to the scientific world, he has consented to ex
tend his free treatment to all who call between now and Dec. 31.
The only remuneration expected for his services will be a recom
mendation of his treatment to your friends after you are cured.
Read What the Cured Say
Here Is Ktill More Evidence.
Jurgen Rauwadder, residing
at 1241 Thirtieth street. Rock
Island, says: "For eight or ten
years my kidneys and bladder
caused me considerable annoy
ance, especially nights, when I
would have to get up from
three to four times, complicat
ed with this condition. I suffer
ed considerable pains. So finally
I heard of Dr. Bartz's treat
ment and I decided to under
take it, to see what he could
do for ne. To my good for
tune, his treatment was exactly
what I had been looking for for
years. Now after a short
course the painful senstaions
and the getting up nights are
all done away with."
Rheumatics, Read This:
Camiel DePoorter, residing
at East Mollne, says: "I suffer
ed terrible pains In my back
and thighs. The pains were so
bad at times I had difficulty
in getting out of bed In the
mornings. So one day I gath
ered up enough strength to
manage to go to see Dr. Darts
and find out what he had to
say about my case. He im
mediately gave me a treatment.
Which relieved the pains at
once, and now, after a four
days' course, I can get up
mornings and get around any
where without a particle of
pain. His treatment Is certain
ly most wonderful and I am In
deed glad I beard of htm."
Dr. Nicholas B. Bartz
Rooms 400, 401, 402, People's National Hank Building, Fourth
Floor, Corner Second Avenue and Eighteenth 8treet, Rock Island,
III. Office hours: 9 a. in. to 5 p. m. daily, Wednesday and Satur
day until S:HO p. m., Sundays, JO to 12.
For the First Time in History, the MLighty Mississippi to be Lifted Bodily from Its Bed and Trans
ferred to a New Channel to Give a City Room to Grow
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St..Paut Minn., Dec. 27. For "the
rnrsf, time In history theMlssi6srnjl
wlver, "Father 'of Waterfl,lB to be
lifted -'from Its immemorial befi and
given a new man-made channel in
WxllCIV-lu 1 ueinver uts euuureu
alteratfODs of r course before, but
those have - teen : principally through
rgotfernmertt, cotrtrof works. , tending,
to deepen channels anaj; pi wai
ter navJeration. and in no instance
liBTo.they removed the river from itf
taaelBntlred. Theitasklsrone-orn-uge:
ly trfv&hia ft ana wu 1 reo u ire ei
years of work, but it must he done
for St. Paul is crowding the river and
must-move it or cease to grow.
The situation of St. Paul is pe
culiar. Its railway terminals, com
prising the: yardage and central sta
tion of 10 great lines, lies in a val
ley flanked by high bluffs at right
angles to the present. course of the
river. Land not used for railway
purposes is wholly occupied by fac
tories, warehouses, the city's Immense
whcfcvaj houses and for other com
n01''.'" rpoww5r?been
.the city's growth, that almost before
the congestion was anticipated, this
district has grown too small to hold
the business and must expand, or the
city will suffer the division of Its
wholesale and railway district and
the dispersion of many industries to
outlying tracts. This iabad enough,
hot a still more serious problem is
offered by the railways themselves.
Tte train movements in and out of
the St. Paul station are second tnl;
to those of Boston.' The railways
har insufficient room to handle,
their business, the terminals are in
sufficient and space must be given at
once. j
Oae Solution Opea.
But one solution is open. The
riter muft move. To this end a com
mission headed by the city engineer
has practically decided upon plans
which include 'the cutting of a new
channel and the Citing In of the pres
ent river bed. the total area of which
is equal to 700 ordinary city blocks,
will be brougbKon the hither side of
thM 2j&iAslrv?. - Jaddd to b bu-j
lness district In which the conges
tion is greatest.
The river flows directly through
St. Paul giving 'the city , 16 miles of
water front. Just below the center
of the city It describes a great curve
directly across which the new chan
nel will be constructed. The river
will be shortened nearly half a mile,
ai.d Its new bed will reach the pres
ent channel again far below the city
a-td Just above South St. Paul, the
packing center. The sides of the new
ccaanai will he .lined with concrete
and on its northern end. near the cen
tral portion of the city, parallel slipr
will be constructed To afford facili
ties for the future river traffic, and
these in turn will be provided with
suitable warehouse sites. With the
work completed no city on the Miss
issippi will have better facilities foi
handling river traffic, a better river
harbor, or more convenient river
wharves than St. Paul, for half a cen
tury the head of Mississippi river
navigation.' . .
Curiously enough, the ooct wlU-not
be great, comparatively. The laxd
through which the new channel wCl
be cut is not expensive and is annually
overflowed by high water. The land
comprising the present river bed when
reclaimed will be enormously ralua
ble. The engineers believe the land,
recovered from the Father of Water'
will be worth considerably more thR,f
the total cost of the whole vortiv
charting the channel. Preliminary es
timates set the cost o the new chan-j
fConttaue oa, asFaar.l
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